Container-front.



J. M. HOTHERSALL. cdMAlNr-:R FRONT.

APPLICATION FILED HAR, 25. 1915.

'Patented Dec. 25,1917.

STATES PATENT Y OFFICE.

JOHN M. HOTHERSALL, OF lBROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN CAN GOMPAN Y, 0F NEW YORK, N. VY., A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

CONTAINER-FRONT.

4 Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. HoTHnRsALL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Container-Fronts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates in tainer fronts and more particularly to container fronts provided with insets or windows of the type generally employed in cracker and biscuit cans and the like.

A principal object of the invention is the provision of new and improved means for securing the inset or window retaining devices in position.

A further object is the provision of inset or window retaining devices which may be cheaply constructed and which may be permanently secured in place durably and cheaply and without the use of solder which must be applied by hand and also without the use of auxiliary fastening members, thereby materially reducing the number of parts in devices of this character.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description when considered in connection with' the accompanying drawing illustrating a. preferred embodiment thereof.

0n the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a container provided with a front embodying my invention and taken parallelly thereto;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are perspective views showing certain details of construction.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown it embodied in a cracker can provided with a front wall 6 having an inset or window receiving aperture 7 behind which is positioned a pane of glass 8 or other transparent material. The pane of glass is held in place by a lower retaining clamp 9 and an upper retaining clamp 10, the upper retaining clamp being deeper than the lower in order that the upper edge 11 of the glass may be inserted therein and the glass moved upwardly until its lower edge 12 clears the lower retaining device 9, after which it may be moved over and slid down eneral to coninto the position shown in Fig. 3. The lower retaining device 9 is interlocked with the bottom seam or may be secured in any desired fashion. The upper device 10 however is secured in interlocking engagement with a flange or lip 13 forming a part of or secured to the front wall. Thls lip extends upwardly from adjacent the upper edge of the aperture or recess 7 and it is provided with apertures 14, three such apertures in the present instance being provided. It is in these apertures that the retaining member 10 is engaged. This device in the present instance consists of a channel member having parallelly arranged vertical walls 15 and 16, the wall 15, which is disposed adjacent the wall 6, carrying lips 17 corresponding in number and location to the apertures 14 in the flange 13. These lips may be provided in any fashion and are preferably stamped from the material of the wall 15. They extend upwardly and through the apertures 14, the wall 15 being between the flange 13 and the body of the wall 6. The upper retaining device 10 is therefore heldin place by interlocking or interengaging lips 13 of the body 6 and 17 of the retaining device. This forms a strong and durable connection which may be cheaply provided, both as regards the construction of the parts themselves and their assembling.

`It will be manifest from the foregoing that no soldering of any kind is needed to secure the upper retaining device in place and that if the lip 13 be soldered in place this solder may be applied by a suitable machine. be made integral with the front wall, in which event all soldering is omitted.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

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1. A container'front provided with an inset or window receiving aperture and having an internal apertured flange .disposed in substantial parallelism with thefbottom of said wall and a retaining device extending between said ange and the body of said vWall and having tongues extending through Wall and engaged in the apertures of said the apertures 1n seid ange. 10 enge. Signed in the presence of two subscribing 2. A container front having an inset or Witnesses. 5 Window receiving an apertured ange ex- JOHN M. HOTHERSALL. tending upwardly from said aperture and Witnessesiv an inset or Window retaining device extendvmf. D. FOSTER,

ing between said flange and the bodv of said i C.. W. GRAHAM. 

